Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Gadzooks Mike
roughly 2000 miles round trip and will take me through lots of small towns, as I'm using two-lane roads exclusively.
Now for the questions: I'm not going to be able to clean and lube the chain for about 1000 miles.
What sort of summer wear do you all ride with? How about gloves - full or half-fingers?
|
What route do you intend to take? Might be passing my neck of the woods.
Just echo things already said:
No reason you can't wipe and lube the chain, every 500 miles or so. I went to a hobby store and got a 4 OZ plastic bottle with a pointed top. Put 90W in it and then put that in a small zip-lock (cause I don't trust the bottle to keep a seal).
You NEED to get a ventilated riding jacket (at the minimum). Long miles on unfamiliar roads increase the odds of an OOPS.....remember the deer !! I've got some vented riding gloves but they are black and still get hot and stay moist. Think I will get two matching batting gloves for the summer. Most of those are well vented and light color.
What's your take on the 16T "upgrade" ?